CIA's 'Plot to Kill Julian Assange' Coming Out in Court May Have Been Catalyst for Surprise Plea Deal

🇺🇸 Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo's plot to have Julian Assange
kidnapped or assassinated coming out in court may have been the catalyst
for the Biden administration to give the Wikileaks founder a plea deal. 

National security reporter Zach Dorfman, one of the co-authors who exposed
the plot along with Sean D. Naylor and Michael Isikoff, put forward the
theory Tuesday on Twitter.

"When Sean D. Naylor, Isikoff and I reported CIA Director Mike Pompeo
lobbied to kidnap Julian Assange and render him to US -- and CIA had even
toyed with lethal plans for the WikiLeaks founder -- we heard about
objections to the plots. One stands out today," Dorfman tweeted.

"During the Trump administration, even many harsh critics of Assange, who
wholeheartedly supported prosecuting him, thought Pompeo's extraordinary
rendition plots foolhardy in the extreme, and probably illegal," he added.
"They also -- critically -- thought it might harm Assange's prosecution."

"Former Trump administration and US intelligence officials directly engaged
in discussions about Assange argued strenuously that, should Pompeo's and
CIA's plans come to light, it could make the discovery process nightmarish
for the prosecution, should Assange ever see trial," Dorfman continued.

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